Packing bench



Sept. 30, 1941. D. F. MERCER 2,257,242

PACKING BENCH Filed Dec. 13, 1939 Enventor DONALD E Maw/5K.

(Ittorneg Patented Sept. 30, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE PACKING BENCH Donald F. Mercer, 'Toledo,. Ohio, assignor to Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, Toledo, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application December 13, 1939, Serial No. 308,918

8 Claims. (01. 226-129) This invention relatesto packing benches gen erally and, while not limited thereto, relates more particularly to benches for use in the packing of glass sheets or similar articles.

The term "glass sheets as herein employed is intended to include sheets of window glass, plate glass, laminated safety glass, tempered glass, ornamental structural glass, etc., as well as sheets or plates of similar material.

In the packing of glass sheets for shipment, it is common practice to insert sheets of paper between adjacent glass surfaces which would otherwise contact with one another in order to prevent chemical or physical damage which sometimes occurs when glass contacts with glass.

According to one method of packing glass sheets for shipment, such as for example sheets of laminated safety glass, it is customary to use relatively large .wooden shipping boxes and to stack the sheets on edge in the box, with sheets of paper inserted between adjacent glass surfaces. This packing is performed manually, with the operator first picking up a sheet of safety glass from a buck and placing it within the box, then placing a sheet of paper against the exposed glass surface, after which a second sheet of safety glass is laid against the paper, and so on. It has heretofore been the usual practice to place a stack of paper sheets either in the box, upon the glass, or at some other place where the sheets could be picked up by the operator and inserted between the glass sheets. However, no definite place has been provided for the paper sheets within convenient reach of the operator, with the result that they were unhandy and inconvenient to the operator and resulted in the expenditure will become more apparent during the course of of more time and effort in the packing of the glass. An important object of this invention is the provision of a novel and improved packing bench for supporting the wooden shipping boxes in a convenient manner during the packing of the glass sheets therein and so constructed as to facilitate the inserting of sheets of paper by the operator between adjacent glass surfaces.

Another important object of the invention is the provision of a packing bench having means for supporting the top of the shipping box in Open, substantially horizontal position so that it forms a shelf or platform upon which the stack of paper sheets may be carried within handy, convenient reach of the operator.

A further important object of the invention is the provision of a packing bench of the above character wherein the means for supporting the the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the .drawing, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Fig. l is a side elevation of a packing bench constructed in accordance with the present invention; and

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof.

With reference to thedrawing, the improved packing bench herein provided is designated in its entirety by the letter A and is adapted to support the shipping box 13 during the packing of the glass sheets therein. The shipping box may of course be of any suitable; construction but is preferably of wood and provided with a top 5 which may be hingedly connected to one side of the box by wires or the like 6. The packing bench embodies means for supporting the top 5 of the box B in open, substantiallyhorizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the said top forms a shelf or platform upon which a stack of paper sheets I may be laid. These paper sheets are thus placed within handy, convenient reach of the operator and are adapted to be inserted between the glass sheets as they are stacked on edge within the box as indicated at 8.

In the embodiment illustrated in the drawing, the packing bench A is rectangular and comprises the vertical front and rear walls 9 and I0 connected together at their opposite ends by the end walls II and I2 and also intermediate their ends if desired by similar bracing members I3. The end walls H and I2 and intermediate bracing members I 3 are cut out at their upper ends to provide the rearwardly and downwardly inclined edges I4 and the upwardly and rearwardly inclined edges I5 which extend at substantially right angles to edges l4. As a result of this construction, the front wall 9 is relatively shorter than the rear wall I0.

Secured upon the inclined edges M of the end walls II and I2 and intermediate bracing members I3 is a bottom member it which also inclines rearwardly and downwardly from the front wall 9, while secured to the upwardly and rearwardly inclined edges I5 is a similarly inclined back member ll; said-back member being spaced at its upper end from the rear wall Ill and secured thereto by a longitudinal bracing strip l8. The back member I! is arranged at substantially right angles to the inclined bottom member I6 and cooperates therewith to form'a cradle for receiving the shipping box 13. As shown in Fig. 1,

' the shipping box B is supported in an inclined during packaging will be, minimized.

Although the packing bench may be stationary, it is preferably mounted upon rollers or casters l9 and 20 so that it can be shifted from place to placeas desired. The rollers l9 and 20 are cartending boards 2| and 22 respectively secured to the bottom edges of the front and rear walls 9 and 10 as well as to the end walls I l and I2 and intermediate bracing members 13.

The means for supporting the top of the shipping box B in open, substantially horizontal position comprises the two spacedhead-stocks carried by the rear wall ID of the bench and designated in their entirety by the numerals 23 and 24. Each head-stock comprises a pair of spaced.

vertical strips 25 and 26 secured to the rear wall in any desired manner, such ;as by nails, screws, or the like. Extending between and secured to the strips 25 and 26 is a plate 21 which cooperateswith the said strips to provide a vertical guideway therebetween. Slidably received within this guideway is avertical bar 28, to the upper endof which is secured a transverse head member 29, the upper face of which is preferably beveled as at 30.

The head blocks 29 are adapted to be disposed tially'horizontal position The stack of paper sheets 1 can then belaid-upon the top 5 so-th at they are within handy convenient reach of the operator during the packing of the glass sheets.

In this way, the insertingof the paper sheets 'betweenadj'acent glass surfaces by the operator I is greatlyfacilitated, as a result of which the V packing can'be morequickly and neatly accomplished with a minimum amount of eifort and lost motion.

. The head members 29 are adjustable vertically to take care of shipping boxes of different sizes and may be secured in properly adjusted position As-herein shown, howi by any suitable means. 7 ever, each bar 28 is provided with a plurality of vertically spaced openings 3l'which may be selectively brought intoregistry with an opening 32 in the plate 21. Inserted through the opening 32 and the desired opening 3| is a pin 33 which for convenience may be carried by a chain 34 secured to the rear wall [0 as at 35. After the head member 29 is'raised to the desired location, the pin 33 is passed through the opening 32 and also through the aligned opening 3| to hold the head member in adjusted position. One size of shipping box Bis shown in fulllines in Figgl, and when using this size box the head members 7 29'of the head-stocks 23 and 24 are also disposed in the position shown in full lines. However, when a relatively larger box is used, as indicated in broken lines, then the head members 29 are raised to the position shown in broken lines so that the top 5 of the box can be supported in open, substantially horizontal position. Obviously, one or' any desired number of headstocks may be used depending upon the size of the packrearwardly inclined back member and a bottom I member inclining rearwardly and downwardly to ried at the opposite ends-of longitudinally extaken as the preferred embodiment of the same, r

and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. A packing bench comprising means for supporting a shipping box adapted to receive articles to be packed therein including an upwardly and said back member and cooperating therewith to form a cradle for receiving said shipping box,

' said box being provided with a top connected to -above therearwall ll] of the-bench to support the top 5 of the shipping'box in open, substanone side thereof, and means carried by said box supporting means for supporting the top of the said box'in open substantially horizontal position to form a platform for receiving a stack of paper sheets which areto be used in thepacking of the articles.

2. A packing bench comprising means for supporting a shipping box adapted to receive articles v to be packed therein including an upwardly and rearwardly inclined backmember and a bottom member inclining rearwardly and downwardly to said back member andcooperating'therewith to form a cradle for receiving said shippingbox, said box being provided with a top connected to one sidethereof; and vertically adjustable means carried by said box supporting means for-supporting the top of the said box in open substan-v tially horizontal position to form a-platform for receiving a stackof paper sheets which are to be used in the packing of the articles. 7

3. A packing bench comprising meansforsupporting a shipping box adapted to receive articles to be packed therein including an upwardly and rearwardly inclined back member and a bottom 7 member inclining rearwardly and downwardly to said back member and cooperating therewith to form a cradle for receiving said shipping box, said box being provided with a top connected to one side thereof, a vertically adjustable .head member carried by said box supporting means for supporting the top of the said box in open substantially horizontal position to form a platform for receiving a stack ofpaper sheets which are to be used in the packing-of the articles, and

means for securing said head member in desired adjusted position. 1

4. A packing bench comprising means for. supporting a shipping box adapted to receive articles to be packed therein including an upwardly and rearwardly inclined back member and a bottom member inclining rearwardly and, downwardly to said back member and cooperating therewith to form a cradle for receiving said shipping box,

' said box being provided with a top connected to one side thereof, means carried by'said box supporting means forming a vertical guideway, a vertical bar slidable in said guideway, a head member carried at the upper end'of said bar and adapted to support the top of the said box in open'substantially horizontal position to form a platform for receiving a stack of paper sheets which are to be'used in the packing of the articles, and means for securing the said bar in different positions of vertical adjustment to support the tops of shipping boxes of diiferent sizes in open substantially horizontal position.

5. A'packing bench comprising front and rear and opposite side walls, said side walls having rearwardly and downwardly inclined edges and upwardly and rearwardly inclined edges, a bottom member secured upon said rearwardly and downwardly inclined edges and a back member secured to said upwardly and rearwardly inclined edges, said bottom member and back member being arranged at substantially right angles to one another to form a cradle for supporting a shipping box adapted to receive articles to be packed therein, said box being provided with a top connected to one side thereof, and means carried by said rear wall for supporting the top of the said box in open substantially horizontal position to form a platform for receiving a stack of paper sheets which are to be used in the packing of the articles.

6. A packing bench comprising front and rear and opposite side walls, said side walls having rearwardly and downwardly inclined edges and upwardly and rearwardly inclined edges, a bottom member secured upon said rearwardly and downwardly inclined edges and a back member secured to said upwardly and rearwardly inclined edges, said bottom member and back member being arranged at substantially right angles to one another to form a cradle for supporting a shipping box adapted to receive articles to be packed therein, said box being provided with a top connected to one side thereof, and vertically adjustable means carried by said rear wall for supporting the top of the said box in open substantially horizontal position to form a platform for receiving a stack of paper sheets which are to be used in the packing of the articles.

'7. A packing bench comprising front and rear and opposite side walls, said side walls having rearwardly and downwardly inclined edges and upwardly and rearwardly inclined edges, a bottom member secured upon said rearwardly and downwardly inclined edges and a back member secured to said upwardly and rearwardly inclined edges, said bottom member and back member being arranged at substantially right angles to one another to form a cradle for supporting a shipping box adapted to receive articles to be packed therein, said box being provided with a top connected to one side thereof, a vertically adjustable head member carried by said rear wall for supporting the top of the said box in open substantially horizontal position to form a platform for receiving a stack of paper sheets which are to be used in the packing of the articles, and means for securing said head member in desired adjusted position.

8. A packing bench comprising front and rear and opposite side walls, said side walls having rearwardly and downwardly inclined edges and upwardly and rearwardly inclined edges, a bottom member secured upon said rearwardly and downwardly inclined edges and a back member secured to said upwardly and rearwardly inclined edges, said bottom member and back member being arranged at substantially right angles to one another to form a cradle for supporting a shipping box adapted to receive articles to be packed therein, said box being provided with a top connected to one side thereof, means carried by said rear wall forming a vertical guideway, a vertical bar slidable in said guideway, a head member carried at the upper end of said bar and adapted to support the top of the said box in open substantially horizontal position to form a platform for receiving a stack of paper sheets which are to be used in the packing of the articles, and means for securing the said bar in different positions of vertical adjustment to support the tops of shipping boxes of different sizes in open substantially horizontal position.

DONALD F. MERCER. 

